diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/inference/InferenceService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/inference/InferenceService.java
index 930988bf18c38..916c65777cd30 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/inference/InferenceService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/inference/InferenceService.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersion;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
-import org.elasticsearch.client.internal.Client;
 import org.elasticsearch.core.Nullable;
 import org.elasticsearch.core.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.inference.validation.ServiceIntegrationValidator;
@@ -24,8 +23,6 @@
 
 public interface InferenceService extends Closeable {
 
-    default void init(Client client) {}
-
     String name();
 
     /**
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/inference/InferenceServiceRegistry.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/inference/InferenceServiceRegistry.java
index deed0610c258f..0edc38acad6d9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/inference/InferenceServiceRegistry.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/inference/InferenceServiceRegistry.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.inference;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.client.internal.Client;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
 
 import java.io.Closeable;
@@ -42,10 +41,6 @@ public InferenceServiceRegistry(
             .collect(Collectors.toMap(Map.Entry::getKey, Map.Entry::getValue));
     }
 
-    public void init(Client client) {
-        services.values().forEach(s -> s.init(client));
-    }
-
     public void onNodeStarted() {
         for (var service : services.values()) {
             try {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/InferencePlugin.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/InferencePlugin.java
index 52c0b6b9fa9b7..2f3bb8dbb5136 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/InferencePlugin.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/InferencePlugin.java
@@ -357,7 +357,6 @@ public Collection<?> createComponents(PluginServices services) {
         // This must be done after the HttpRequestSenderFactory is created so that the services can get the
         // reference correctly
         var serviceRegistry = new InferenceServiceRegistry(inferenceServices, factoryContext);
-        serviceRegistry.init(services.client());
         for (var service : serviceRegistry.getServices().values()) {
             service.defaultConfigIds().forEach(modelRegistry.get()::addDefaultIds);
         }